boas] songs 1285 



Song of Ewanux"dze, Chief of the Maamtag'^a 



1. Let our property remain alive (under the attacks) of the reckless 1 



chief ! I Let our copper remain unbroken by the reckless chief ! | 

 Ye, yaa, hk. \ 



2. Do not let our chief do so! He liimself made disappear those || 



who owned the names of (our) property, of the great copper 5 

 made expensive by him, | the great surpassing one, tlie great 

 one farthest ahead, the great copper-breal^er dancer, | the great 

 copper-cutter, the great one who throws (coppers) into the sea 

 this reckless chief. | Ye, yaa, ha ! | 



3. I thought in vain that another one was making coppers for you, 



tribe ! Behold, || he is the one who brought it forth by giving 10 

 birth in the house, the maker of coppers with imbroken backs ' | 

 all around this great house, the rich cliief . Ye, yaa, hsl. | 



4. The great one sat up above in the house built in the middle | of 



this great house, this rich chief! Ye, ya, ha, ha! | Oh, if oiu* 

 chief would out of envy return the great copper || made to be 15 

 expensive; the great surpassing one, the great one farthest 

 ahead, | for you are getting to be great, O tribe! because you 

 continually pick up | and gather in the coppers brought by the 

 rich I chief. Ye, yaa, ha! | 



Song of Ewanux'^dze, Chief of the Maamtagila 



1. Ha, qQlanuxdzE^wa lax'Ens yaexLEna laxwa UEnolox g'lgama^ya l 



sEnx's^alanux"dzE^wa lax'Ens L!aL!aqwax laxwa nEnolox g'lga- 

 ma^ya; ye, yaa, ha. 



2. Gwaq!anax"dzE^wax"Eiis g'igama^yex he q!alosEmas x'ayEmx'^i- 



damas LeLEgEnux"ses yaexLEiiases awagwilasE^wa L!aqwagi- 5 

 laso^dze^ya heweyak'illdze k" !es^oyak"ilidze lElax's^Eiidalaidze 

 q!Eq!Eltalaldze sapstEndalaldzexwa nEnolodzex g'lgama^ya; 

 ye, yaa, ha. 



3. Wui^meg'in ^nex'qe ogMa L!aqwag"ila qa^s lelqwalaLai', yo^ma- 



xoL qElxela mEmyoLElag'ililas heak'Ela Em^ak"Elaxox awl- 10 

 ^staliltsa g'oxdzeg'a q!omogwehax g'Tg^ma^ya; ye, yaa, ha. 



4. LadzeEm^lae k!wak!wag'ustalisLa E^mo^yolesaL g'og'oyolisaitses 



g'6x"dzeyaxwa q!omogwehex g"igS,ma^ya; ye, yaa, ha. Al^Em- 

 ^nesLag"anu^x" g'Igamek" yax"stos^alisases awagwilaso^ Liaqwa- 

 g'ilaso^dzeya heweyakilldze k'!es^6yakilldzex6xs he^macx lagi- 15 

 los la ^walats!Emax"^idax6x a^maex la ha^yalalagilis mamana- 

 lagilis q!waq!wap!Elag'llis lax L!aqwag'ostEwa^yos q!6mogwe 

 glgama^ya; ye, yaa, ha. 



2 That means, that he gave only whole, unbroken coppers. 



